George Cole

Actor Apr 22 (died age 90) Tooting, South London, England, UK 1941–2008 (67 year career)

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Biography

George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century. Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show 'Minder', Cole's career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller 'Cottage to Let', alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinian's films, and …

Known For

Film

Cleopatra

Flavius

Film

Scrooge

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Film

The Vampire Lovers

Roger Morton

Film

Mary Reilly

Mr. Poole

Film

An Inspector Calls

Tram Conductor

Film

Henry V

Boy

Film

The Belles of St Trinian's

Flash Harry

Film

Fright

Jim

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (72)

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008

as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)

8.3

A Class Apart

2007

as George - Candy's grandad

The Dinner Party

2007

as George

6.0

Station Jim

2001

as Stationmaster Pope

7.0

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

as Great Uncle

The Sleeper

as George

Mary Reilly

as Mr. Poole

Life After Life

as Eric Burt

Ginger

1990

as Ginger

Natural Causes

1988

as Vincent

8.0

Day To Remember

1986

as Wally

Blott on the Landscape

1985

8.8

The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales

1982

as narrorator

7.0

Getting in on Concorde

1979

as Willie

The Blue Bird

1976

as Tylo

5.5

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975

as Hubert Boothroyd MP

Take Me High

as Bert Jackson

Fright

as Jim

The Vampire Lovers

as Roger Morton

A Room in Town

as Edwin

The Right Prospectus

as Mr. Newbold

Killing Time

The Comic

as Tod

The Last Lonely Man

1969

as James Hale

Sally Go Round the Moon

1968

as Max Osborne

Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?

1968

as Max Osborne

Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?

1968

as Max Osborne

The Gentleman Caller

1967

as Mr. Hicks

5.5

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

as 'Flash' Harry

6.2

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965

as William Evans

One Way Pendulum

as Defence Counsel

Cleopatra

as Flavius

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite

6.9

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards

The Bridal Path

as Police Sgt. Bruce

Don't Panic Chaps

Too Many Crooks

as Fingers

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as "Flash" Harry

The Green Man

as William Blake

The Anatomist

as Dr. Walter Anderson

6.0

The Weapon

1956

as Joshua Henry

5.9

It's a Wonderful World

as Ken Miller

A Prize of Gold

as Sgt. Roger Morris

Where There's a Will

as Fred Slater

Quentin Durward

as Hayraddin

The Constant Husband

as Luigi Sopranelli

The Belles of St Trinian's

as Flash Harry

An Inspector Calls

as Tram Conductor

Happy Ever After

as Terence

The Intruder

as John Summers

Our Girl Friday

as Jimmy Carrol

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953

as Henry Sterling

5.6

The Clue of the Missing Ape

1953

as Gobo

6.0

Top Secret

1952

as George Archibald Potts

6.0

Folly to Be Wise

1952

as Soldier in Brains Trust audience

The Happy Family

as Cyril

Who Goes There!

as Arthur Crisp

Scrooge

as Young Ebenezer Scrooge

7.4

Laughter in Paradise

1951

as Herbert Russell

6.5

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Johnny West

Flesh and Blood

as John Hannah

Morning Departure

as ERA Marks

Gone to Earth

as Cousin Albert

The Happiest Days of Your Life

1950

as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)

6.7

The Spider and the Fly

1949

as Marc, detective

6.8

Quartet

1948

as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

My Brother's Keeper

as Willie Stannard

Journey Together

as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew

Henry V

as Boy

The Demi-Paradise

as Percy

Those Kids from Town

as Charlie

Cottage to Let

1941

as Ronald

6.8

Television (42)

That's What I Call Television

2007

as Self

A Class Apart

as George

Diamond Geezer

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Laurence Raeburn

7.8

New Tricks

2004

as Sir Edward Chambers

Bodily Harm

as Sidney Greenfield

Midsomer Murders

as Lionel Hicks

Dad

as Brian Hook

An Independent Man

Good Friends

Heartbeat

as Albert Hallows

Root Into Europe

Blott on the Landscape

1985

as Sir Giles Lynchwood

Comrade Dad

The Bounder

as Trevor Mountjoy

Minder

as Arthur Daley

Return of the Saint

as Fred

Don't Forget to Write!

as Gordon Maple

The Sweeney

as Dennis Longfield

The Good Life

as Mr. Downs, Bank Manager

Quiller

as Mays

Away from It All

as Leonard

The Ten Commandments

1971

as Peter

Play for Today

as Mr. Newbold

UFO

as Paul Roper

Menace

as Douglas Willet

Shadows of Fear

as Gordon

A Man of our Times

as Max Osborne

The Sex Game

as Frank Healey

The Root of All Evil?

1968

as Syd Swope

ITV Playhouse

as David Carter

Half Hour Story

as Mr. Hinks

The Informer

as Baxter

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Caramel

Gideon's Way

as Bishop

Out of the Unknown

as James Hale

Top of the Pops

as Arthur Daley

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964

as Mr. Mipps

Drama 61-67

1961

as Pinedus

A Life Of Bliss

1960

Armchair Theatre

1956

6.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite

7.9